Story+1989-06-02+Asbury+Park,+NJ

‘‘Take it easy, don’t overexcite yourself yet....we’re gonna do this.....then we´re gonna hit the shaking part....are you ready to shake ? (cheers)....I didn’t mean are you ready to say you´re gonna shake, I mean are you ready to shake ? (cheers)....I don’t trust you ....I’m gonna wanna see some shaking out there.....when we hit that shaking part, I wanna see some serious shaking, I wanna see bodies moving, I wanna see hands a-waving....that´s when we hit the shaking part, not now....I wanna see you shake the old Stone Pony down (?)....let’s go boys....when we hit that shaking, I wanna see some shaking.....”
 * 02.06.89 Asbury Park, NJ, middle of ‘Boom Boom’**

‘‘When I was 18, I was living up there on Cookman Avenue.....over top of a drugstore ....and me and my little band used to play (?) middle of town at a place called Upstage ....used to be open from 8 o’clock till 5 a.m.....and me and Mad Dog Lopez, Garry Tallent and Danny Federici....we used to play there all night long....go home.....tape up the windows, sleep all day, come back and play all night....and I used to walk up and down this boardwalk in the day....had myself on the budget....had two dollars I could spend on pinball....a buck and a half for hot dogs and french fries....and two bucks for miscellaneous....and uh....went up to New York City, met John Hammond, got a record deal....(?)....I used to really (?), man, as long as I was playing anyplace.....didn’t matter if I was at Madison Square Garden....or some little club in Seaside Heights.... I’d be happy, I’d been just as happy....you know, if I’d never made a bunch of records and....had a chance to play around the country, I’d’ve still been just as happy playing my guitar....then as I got older I realised....that that was bullshit.....”
 * 02.06.89 Asbury Park, NJ, middle of ‘Traveling Band’**

//Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi//